Germany has announced plans to buy 20 more Eurofighters.

Speaking at the ILA Berlin 2024 exhibition on 5 June, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the gathered audience, “I am strongly in favour of maintaining and expanding production capacities. That is why we will order 20 more Eurofighters in this legislative period in addition to the 38 aircraft that are currently still in the pipeline.

“We are also committed to further prospects for the Eurofighter in terms of exports,” Scholz added. “I already had the opportunity to visit the Eurofighter production facility in Manching in January. We will ensure continuous capacity utilisation there.”

The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) currently operates a Eurofighter fleet of 138 aircraft, according to the Bundeswehr website. Originally 33 of these were Tranche 1 aircraft delivered from 2003 and configured purely for air defence, while the rest are Tranche 2 and Tranche 3A aircraft with multi-role capabilities.

In November 2020, under Project Quadriga, Berlin ordered 38 Tranche 4 Eurofighters (30 singe-seaters and eight two-seaters), which feature ground attack capabilities, to replace its Tranche 1 Eurofighters.

The latest order for 38 Eurofighters will thus build the fleet once the Quadriga aircraft have replaced the Tranche 1 fleet.

Although Germany announced in December 2022 that it will buy 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States, the Luftwaffe’s Eurofighter fleet will need to remain in service until the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS/SCAF) comes into service around 2045.

https://euro-sd.com/2024/06/major-news/38543/germany-to-buy-20-eurofighters/

ILA Berlin 2024: Germany to order 20 more Eurofighters - European Security & DefenceSpeaking at ILA Berlin 2024, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany plans to buy to more Eurofighters.euro-sd.com



숄츠 독일 총리가 유로파이터 20대 추가 도입을 공식 발표함.


독일 공군의 전투기 대체 계획을 요약해보면..



1. 유로파이터 트렌치1 33대 -> 유로파이터 트렌치4 38대로 대체


2. 토네이도 IDS 전폭기 68대 -> F-35 35대 + 유로파이터 트렌치4? 20대로 대체


3. 토네이도 ECR 전자전기 21대 -> 유로파이터 EK 15대로 대체



이렇게 될듯...


계획대로 되면 전자전기 제외하고 독일 공군은 유로파이터 전투기를 168대 운용하는..


최다 운용국이 됨.